Match-box.



E. G. HAYMAKER.

MATCH BOX. P PLIoAnoN HLBD 1211.23, 190e.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.`4-

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E. C. HAYMAKER.

MATCH BOX. APPLICATION FILED un. 2a, 1909` Patented Allg. 23, 1910.

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UNITED STATES resuelva? OFFICE.

EDWARD C. HAYMAER, F YOUNGSTOWN,'OHIO.

MATCH-Box.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented' Aug. 23, 1910.

Application led April 23, 1909. Serial No. 491,768.

i To all wwm 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD C. HAY- MAKER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and. State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-v Boxes, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to match boxes, and has'for an object to provide a device of this ,character4 consisting 4broadly of a trough, and means coperating with the trough for receiving an ordinary-box of matches and to arrange the latter so that the matches will be automaticallyfed into the trough.v

A still further object of my invention `is to provide a match box consisting of a main trough arranged to automatically receive a i supply of matches from a receptacle above als of reference indicate similar parts in the 'several views :-Figure 1 is a perspective 3 rovided with a bottom'4, spaced side' wall view of t-he match box. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalisection through the box. Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation of the box with parts in section to more clearly illustrate the invention. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2

'showing the device provided with a match box of ordinary construction arranged to automatically deliver a supply of 'matches to the trough. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a base member or plate 1 provided at suitable points with passages 2 for receiving suitable fastening devices whereby the device may be supported upon a wall or the like. Midway between the ends', the base memberor plate 1 is provided wlth a horizontallyextending trough s 5 andafront wall 6. The trough herein shown is preferably soldered to the base plate or member 1 but can be secured thereto many suitable manner as is obvious. The base plate or member 1 has stamped therefrom a pair of outwardly directed ears 7 to which the side walls 8 ofthe hollow member 9 are hingedly connected. The walls 8 of the member 9 areeonnected by an outer wall 10 which has its lower extremity extending partly into the trough 3 and the lower portion of this wall is provided with a substantially V-shaped recess 11 for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. The front wall 6 of the trough is also provided with a recess 12 which is 'thus located immediately in front .of the recess 11 just described. As

shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the lower edges of the side walls 8 of the hollow member 9 are adapted to rest upon the upper edges of the side walls 5 of the trough-3. The hollow member 9 is provided with a fixed shaft 13 around which is coiled .a spring 14 having its terminal end portions fixed to the side walls 8 of the lmember 9, and as illustrated the said spring is provided with an intermediate substantially U- shaped portion 15 which is free for move- A ment toward or away fromthe front wall' 10 of the member 9.

A receptacle 16 is carried by the base plate Y or memberv 1 and is disposed immediately beneath the trough 3 but is suitably spaced therefrom. The 'receptacle 16 preferably consists of' parallel spaced side walls 17, a`

front wall 18` and a bottom 19 hingedly connected to depending ear portions 20carried by the side walls 17. The bottom 19 has its outer end extended beyond the front wall 18 ofthe receptacle 16 and the said bottom is provided with spaced side flanges 2l adapted to overlie portions of the side walls of the receptacle whenthe bottom is in its closed position.. The-pivot shaftv 22 upon which the bottom 19 is mounted has coiled thereabout a spring 23 having an arm 24 en-` gaged with the bottom `19 in such manner thatit will normallyv be held in', its closed position. The base plate or memberl has secured thereto a delector 25 havingr a downwardly and outwardly directed portion 26 which extends toward the front wall of the receptacle 16 and is disposed between the 'side walls of the said receptacle.

A match scratcher 27 is provided for my improved box and consists of a blank 'of metal which is stamped to form spaced anges 28 which form in conjunction with each other an elongated guide slot 29. From the flanges 28 the blank of material forming the scratcher is bent outwardly to form porfined have understood. A strip of abrasive paper 33 is employgd to complete the striker andis contween one of the sidewalls of the member 9 and the flanges 28 so that the rough face of the material will be exposed in such manner that a match to be struck Acan be enga ed therewith. The frontwall of the mem r 9 at its upper end is provided with a recess 34 for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described.v

In practice, or in other words when it is desired to use the box herein shown and described I raise themember 9 or swing it on its pivot or hingeso that it assumes approximately a horizontal position as shown in dotted hues in Fig. 4 of the drawings, after which I take an ordinary box of matches and remove the outer cover which leads the portion 35 shown inV full lines in Fig. 4.

After the portion 35 has been properly positioned within the member 9 with the open portion thereof disposed adjacent to the front wall of the said member the latter may be swung to the full line position in order that the matches will fall by .their own gravity and will pass beneath the front wall of the member 9 and a quantity deposited in the trough 3 in such manner that they can be conveniently reached and grasped through the recess 12. After the matches een utilized they can be thrown into the receptacle 16 and by providing" the hingedly connected bottom 19 it may be movedinto the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4 to rmit the matches to be conveniently disclhrged into aV waste receptacle. While I have described the use of the present match box in connection with a match container or box of ordinary oonstruction it is obvious that I need not rely particularly upon this mode of operation as any obvious means may be employed for holding a quantity of matches so that they will vbe automatically ed to the trough 3. It is obvious, but it will be stated for the purpose of clearness that the portion of the ordinary match box, receptacle or container 35. is rovided with an open front wall which 1s arranged to be partly closed bythe front wall of the member 9.

1. A device of the classdescribedcomprising a base member, a trough extending outwardly from the base member, ahingedly connected match receptacle upon the base member, said receptacle having an open bottom portion which is disposed immediately above the bottom of the trough, and a spring mounted in the receptacle and exerting its tension against a match container in the said match receptacle to hold the open end ofthe match container against the front wall of the said receptacle.

2. A match box comprising a base member, a receptacle hingedly connected at its upper end to the said base member, the said receptacle having an openrtop and an open bottom, a trough extending forwardly from the base member and disposed immediately beneath the lower open end of the said receptacle, the said rece tacle having its bottom spaced from the Bottom of the trough and having its front wall spaced from the front wall of the trough, and a spring carried by the receptacle and exerting its tension toward the front Awall of the said receptacle therein.

3. A match container having 'disposed therebeneath an outwardly extending receptacle, the said receptacle being 'adapted to contain used matches and provided with a Adownwardly and outwardly extending de- EDWARD C. HAYMAKER.

Witnesses: W. S. SEEDERLY,

CLARA ESrDEnLAND. 

